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In recent years, Grade 12 French examination results in Zambia have been getting poor and poorer. Statistics by the Examinations Council of Zambia, (E.C.Z, 2008) indicate that French examinations results drop each year by a significant percentage in terms of pupils’ performance. This being a...

Monitoring and evaluation assessments of the IRS programmes reveal an inability to meet set IRS coverage targets. The purpose of this was to determine the factors that influence the low IRS coverage. A cross sectional household study was carried out in Lusaka District’s Mtendere, Kanyama and...

The problem of low utilization of natural family planning is worldwide. There is low utilization of natural family planning in all parts of Zambia including Chilonga. Natural family planning rank least among the family planning methods used in Zambia.The study sought to determine factors...

This study investigates the factors that inhibit the promotion of a culture of reading in students. The study surveyed availability of libraries in basic schools, the current state of these libraries and perceptions of students towards the provision of services and facilities. The study analysed...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that led to deviant behaviour in selected High Schools of Kabwe District. The study used a descriptive survey as a research design to effectively collect both qualitative and quantitative data from the respondents. The target population...

The current study sought to understand factors that influenced parents to enroll their children in Community Schools (CS). Literature indicates that CS encounters more challenges than government schools, but government schools were seen to be more expensive than CS. To this effect, government...

Hypertension has been reported as one of the most important etiologic factors in cardiovascular disease. Hypertension has serious social, physical and health consequences.The physical consequences of hypertension have been well researched. However the effect of hypertension on neurocognitive...

This study sought to determine the impact of drug and alcohol abuse school-based preventive strategies on pupils in Livingstone district of Zambia. The study was carried out in eight schools (Hillcrest, St Raphael’s, Linda, David Livingstone, Nalituwe, Linda West, Zambezi and Shungu). The Social...

Postnatal depression (PND), a major depressive episode during the puerperium that affects 10% to 22% of adult women before the infant’s first birthday. Being HIV positive has been known to be associated with increased risk of mental disease. Its influence on postnatal depression has not been...